Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36201911)

Also, builders aren’t interested in building affordable housing - I live in North-West Leeds, and most of the new houses built in this area in the last five years are 4 or 5 bed detached, ranging from £650k to £925k; there are a few "affordable" houses in those new estates, but those are 2 or 3 bed semis or mews costing £325k to £425k.

Considering that the average salary in Leeds is £43k, that must be a new definition of "affordable" I hadn’t encountered before…

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36201911)

Also, builders aren’t interested in building affordable housing - I live in North-West Leeds, and most of the new houses built in this area in the last five years are 4 or 5 bed detached, ranging from £650k to £925k; there are a few "affordable" houses in those new estates, but those are 2 or 3 bed semis or mews costing £325k to £425k.

Considering that the average salary in Leeds is £43k, that must be a new definition of "affordable" I hadn’t encountered before…

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36201957)

That's down to the developer claiming they have a right to make (very) good profits over their requirement to build the required number of affordable homes on a development. A developer will regularly apply for changes to site layouts to reduce the affordable properties to make way for profitable properties. The planning system is skewed towards profit.